Do you want to duplicate a WordPress page or post with a single click?
Creating a duplicate post or page allows you to copy a page’s design, settings, metadata, and other important content. This can save you a ton of time and effort while keeping your pages and posts consistent.
In this article, we will show you how to quickly duplicate a WordPress page or post.
Why Clone or Duplicate a Page/Post in WordPress?
Sometimes you may need to quickly copy a WordPress page or post with all its settings. For example, you may want to reuse the design from a successful sales page or extend an older article into a whole new post.
One option is to manually copy and paste the page’s content into a new draft. However, this won’t copy the featured image, post settings, SEO settings, and other important metadata.
This means you will need to manually add this information, which takes time and effort.
That said, let’s see how you can duplicate a WordPress page or post with a single click.
Video Tutorial
If you prefer written instructions, then just continue reading.
Duplicate a WordPress Post or Page
The best way to copy a page or post and all its settings is by using Duplicate Post. This plugin allows you to copy a post’s content and settings into a new draft. It also comes with a helpful ‘Rewrite and republish’ feature that allows you to update an older post without those changes immediately appearing live on your WordPress website.
First, you will need to install and activate the plugin. If you need help, then please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, go to Posts » All Posts or Pages » All Pages, depending on the content you want to duplicate. Here, simply hover over the content you want to copy and select either ‘Clone’ or ‘New Draft.’
‘Clone’ duplicates the page or post but doesn’t open it in the WordPress content editor.
Meanwhile, ‘New Draft’ duplicates the post and opens the copy in the content editor, so you can start working on it right away.
You can copy multiple pages and posts at once using the bulk edit feature. Simply check the box next to each page or post you want to copy, and then open the dropdown menu that shows ‘Bulk Actions’ by default.
In the dropdown menu, select either ‘Clone’ or ‘Rewrite & Republish.’
After that, just click on ‘Apply.’
This can save you a ton of time and improve your editorial workflow in WordPress.
Customizing Duplicate Post Plugin Settings
The Yoast Duplicate Post plugin works out of the box and supports posts and pages by default. However, you can configure it to duplicate custom post types or change the elements it copies when creating a duplicate.
To configure the plugin’s settings, go to Settings » Duplicate Post.
You will now see all the content that Yoast Duplicate Post can copy, such as title, excerpt, and attachments. Simply check and uncheck the boxes, depending on the page and post elements you want to copy.
Next, select the ‘Permissions’ tab.
By default, administrators and editors can duplicate posts.
You can check and uncheck these boxes, depending on the people who need to duplicate posts. For example, if you manage a multi-author WordPress blog, then authors may need the duplicate feature.
If you use custom post types, then these will appear next to ‘Enable for these post types.’ Simply check the box next to each custom post type you want to copy.
If you use WooCommerce, then you will also have the option to duplicate WooCommerce ‘Orders’ and ‘Coupons.’
Finally, click on the ‘Display’ tab and choose where you want to show the duplicate links on your WordPress blog.
Simply check or uncheck the boxes in the ‘Show links in’ section to add or remove these links from the post list, edit screen, and more.
By default, the plugin adds ‘New Draft,’ ‘Clone,’ and ‘Rewrite & Republish’ links to your WordPress dashboard.
If you want to remove one or more of these links, then simply uncheck its box.
When you are happy with how the plugin is set up, click on the ‘Save changes’ button to store your settings.
We hope this article helped you learn how to easily duplicate a WordPress page or post. You may also want to see our ultimate WordPress SEO guide for beginners and our expert picks for the must-have WordPress plugins to grow your website.
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Muhammad Hammad says
I only want to copy the design layout of the page and change the content. Is that possible with this plugin? Please advise.
WPBeginner Support says
If it is a page currently on your own site it should be able to do that.
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Ashlee says
How do you copy an entire WordPress website?
I have an existing website and am wanting to create a another that’ll look like the existing site but have different content.
WPBeginner Support says
For something like that, you could transfer the site using the steps from our guide below and use your new domain instead of your current domain.
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-to-a-new-host-or-server-with-no-downtime/
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Dan says
Hope you can help, is there a way to have the clone/copy page auto update content when changed on the original page? For example, I have removed an image from the original page but it still appears on the copy page but I’d like that to copy page to remain an exact replica. Thanks.
WPBeginner Support says
We do not have a recommendation for how to do that at the moment.
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Dean says
Assuming I use the clone option, will allow me to edit those elements that I left unchecked in the copy section? Specifically I’m interested in being able to edit the extract.
WPBeginner Support says
You would want to copy the elements you want to modify on the new site.
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Linda says
Sounds wonderful. Can I use it to clone a page from my stage site to our live site? I am sure hoping so!
Thank you for your help,
Linda
WPBeginner Support says
For that, you would want to use the export tool under Tools>Export and then you should be able to specify a single post
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Linda says
Thanks, Support. Appreciate your reply (so quickly, too!) and suggestion. A follow up question: to do the cloning, should I have the plugin installed on both stage and live sites? Hope this isn’t a dumb question!
WPBeginner Support says
If you are moving the content from a staging site you wouldn’t need to worry about using the plugin from this article. This plugin is for creating a duplicate post/page on the same site.
Linda says
Just to tell support that I now understand how to get my content moved to the live site. Apologies for getting confused about your advice to use ‘export’ not this plugin. Thanks for your help … and your patience!!
Angelous Acheayang says
Wow this super awesome. Thanks for this wonderful article
WPBeginner Support says
Glad you liked our article
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Nicole says
Very easy to follow and it works … makes a change!
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our recommendation was able to help
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Jim Stauffer says
Thanks so much for this. It makes my previous podcast episode post a template for the next one.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our recommendation was able to help
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Martha M. says
This post was very helpful and with the great video included, I was able to duplicate the page that I needed to add info to.
Now, I need to make that duplicate page the main page and do not know how to do that.
I tried changing the name, but it hyphenated the ending of the URL and the whole page is now gone from the website. I also messaged you on your FB page.
WPBeginner Support says
If you wanted to update the page without changing the url, you would want to take a look at our article here: https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-properly-update-live-published-posts-in-wordpress/
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Robin says
Thank you for this post–It was just what I needed! I went from I wonder how I can….to duplicating a post in a matter of minutes!
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our article could help
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Val says
Is there a way to copy a post and paste it in Word, for eg, so you can save the wording for use elsewhere?
Paul says
Great Thanks for your work on this. It helpt me great. I,m a beginner with wordpress and try to figure it al out I,m trying to work whit Elementor also great but this whas missing.
Joe says
Once the duplicate is edited, how do you then replace the original that is live?
It seems like it would be a lot of steps.
– Rename the duplicate to match the original.
– go into the customize settings
– go into menu
– create a new menu item, pointing it to the new edited version.
– delete the menu item pointing to the original version.
etc…
Is that about right?
Is there a simpler way?
Trish Mears says
Thanks for the info. What I want to be able to do is rename the Duplicate/Clone page, so it is found in Searches (and at the bottom on my website). Can you give me some guidance please.
radra says
how can I duplicate a page to an existing page.
(the existing page will be overwritten)
John says
Fast, easy, exactly as described. Worked like a charm…Thanks
WordPress4.9.1
Andrea says
After you’ve used the plugin, is it safe to uninstall?
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Andrea,
Yes, you can uninstall the plugin after you have duplicated the content you needed.
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Anne says
Very easy to follow and helpful video. Thank you!
Mary S. says
Thank you. A very quick and helpful solution.
Awontis says
That’s why is WordPress the most used platform!
Luke Cavanagh says
Thanks for sharing. Really like the site redesign.
Naveen says
Love the new change in the look of the blog… appreciate …
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Naveen, thanks for the feedback.
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